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Mckinley Tariff
Taxed all foriegn goods. Emphasis on buying american goods. -
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William McKinley
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Spanish American War
Result of the US's interference in the Cuban War of Independance. -
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Roosevelt Corollary
An Addition to the Monroe Doctrine. Says that US should act like "policemen", and should interfere in other countries' buiseness when neccesary. -
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Theodore Roosevelt
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William Howard Taft
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Woodrow Wilson
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Belgium Invasion
Sparked WW2. -
Treaty of Versailles
Ended WW1. -
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Warren G Harding
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Calvin Collidge
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Herbert Hoover
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Good Neighbor Policy
US stays out of foriegn affairs. Enacted by Roosevelt. -
Hawley Smoot Tariff
Raised tariffs on goods. Let to boycotts. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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WW2
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Pearl Harbour
Japanese Troops attacks American Military base. -
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Division of Korea
Korea divides into Communist and Democratic halves. -
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Harry S Truman
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Berlin Blockade
One of the first major events of the Cold War. The Soviet union blocked the Allies' access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control. -
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Dwight D Eisenhower
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Vietnam War
Engaged on premtive action. US sees them as a threat, and begins conflict. -
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Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The people of Hungary revolt against government for attempting to instill a soviet system. -
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Suez Crisis
9 day crisis between Israel and Egypt over control of Suez Canal. -
U-2 incident
US spy plane shot down over Russia. Creates a lot of tension. -
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John F. Kennedy
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Bay Of Pigs Invasion
A failed military invasion of Cuba. Leads to Fidel Castro taking charge. -
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Berlin Crisis of 1961
USSR demands the retreat of western forces in West Berlin. Berlin Wall put up. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Ballistic missiles deployed in cuba, tensions run incredibly high. No direct action taken in the end. -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Detente
Nixon enacts foriegn policy to ease tnesion between US and Soviet Union. -
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Richard Nixon
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Gerald Ford
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Jimmy Carter
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Ronald Raegan
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War on Drugs
Nixon declared drugs to be a national problem, allocates many resources to fight their use. -
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George H. W. Bush
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Bill Clinton
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Attempted Impeachment of Bill Clinton
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George W. Bush
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9-11 Terror Attacks
Terror groups attack the World Trade Center, leads to extreme reform in world security specifically involving air travel. -
Iraq war begins
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Barack Obama
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